Wild North America 1846

Chapter 324 Finding the Enemy Track
There is a vast forest and swamp area hundreds of kilometers south of Levier. Deep in the forest, there are densely packed tents in the open valley, and a large number of American soldiers come and go.

The remnants of General Sherman, whom the Colorado Corps was looking for, were hiding here. After the defeat in Xuefeng Mountain, the remnants led by General Sherman joined the vanguard and continued northward.

At this time, Grant, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, sent a cavalry squad to venture through the blockade area to convey the latest enemy notification and orders.

The enemy situation bulletin detailed the overall deployment of the Tang Kingdom's army to launch a large-scale attack from the north, the center, and the south at the same time. Chicago is in danger, and Kansas City is very likely to have fallen. If you continue to go north, it will be a dead end.

U.S. General Command orders require;

General Sherman's troops concentrated their forces, waited for an opportunity to defeat the enemy pursuing in the south, and continued to go deep into the south to implement the "scorched earth policy".

As long as you arrive in New Orleans and occupy the harbor, you can be supplemented by the Northern Army fleet...

in short

It is to make General Sherman's army go deep alone, causing upheaval in the soft hinterland of the Confederate States of America, and has been leading the enemy by the nose, including the army of the Datang Kingdom.

This plan is very vicious. Firstly, it will cause irreversible and serious damage to the United States, and secondly, it will attract the Tang Kingdom's heavy troops to pursue, greatly weakening the defensive pressure in the Chicago area, and gaining a respite for the Northern Federation.

The reason why he hid in this forest and swamp area was that General Sherman's deputy, Major General Taman, was a local rancher. He was familiar with the terrain and knew that he could go deep into the forest along a stretch of low hills, avoiding danger without danger. Nowhere in swampy areas.

In a simple wooden house by the river
Major General Taman is a burly white middle-aged man with a height of 1 meters, with thick and hairy arms like a brown bear, and a lush beard.

One cannot be judged by one's appearance. In fact, this person is deceitful and scheming. It was his idea to hide the army in the forest.

"Your Excellency, these days, we have hunted more than 6500 bison, as well as countless red deer and wolves, temporarily solving the food shortage. It is a pity that we lack salt, otherwise we can make more dried meat." Taman The major general shook his head regretfully.

The U.S. military hid here, and the beasts in the forest were in bad luck, such as bison, wild horses, bears, red deer, wolves, pheasants and hares, etc., were swept away like a sweep.

The herd of beasts that managed to escape their lives had already run far away, and now they couldn't even see their shadows.

General Sherman picked up the boiling coffee pot and poured a cup, walked to the map hanging on the side of the wooden house, looked at it with a frown and said for a while; "According to the detective report;

There are more than 5 Easterners from the south. In addition, there are more than 5 southern troops with poor equipment. The total strength is about 10. According to the area where we are located, it is about 110 kilometers away, about 4 to 5 day's itinerary.

In Leiweier in the north, two divisions of the Tang Kingdom were stationed, with a total of about 2.5 troops, one of which was a cavalry division.

The two groups of enemies in the south and the north are difficult to deal with. The enemy infantry's weapons are very sharp, and their artillery fire is fast and fierce. In the battle on Xuefeng Mountain, our army has already suffered a big loss.

Two armies against each other

The Eastern army started firing guns from 500 yards away, and continued to inflict serious unilateral damage to our attacking formation. The soldiers had to risk huge casualties to attack and move forward. This is too unfair.

However, our army's platoon shooting standard is 200 yards, but it is often not close to this distance, and the offensive queue has been beaten to collapse.

Without solving this thorny problem, it is impossible to break through the siege of the enemy in the south. "

Once the army is deployed, it will soon be detected by the enemy's scouts, and it is very difficult to launch a sudden attack.

But as long as the distance between the two sides is close enough and the US military launches an attack decisively and swiftly enough, there is indeed a certain chance that the enemy hit will be caught off guard and break through the siege and interception of the southern enemy to escape.

The same was true for the Xuefeng Mountain Battle back then, but the biggest problem came from the backwardness of the US military's weapons and equipment.

General Sherman has experienced the power of the Tang Kingdom's army. The army is well-organized and well-organized. When attacking, it is like a galloping horse. It is unstoppable. On a plane with a width of 6.5 kilometers, it concentrated its strength and attacked in waves, and it defeated more than 20 soldiers at once. Kilometers of U.S. military marching queues.

Then more than 10 southern troops rushed up and defeated the northern army all the way.

Now the feng shui is turning, and it is General Sherman's turn to be in danger, trying to break the enemy's [-] troops that are slowly oppressing from the south, and the biggest problem has surfaced;
Infantry weapons are weak!

In the battle of Xuefeng Mountain, the main force of the northern army was defeated and fled, and all the artillery and ammunition were lost.However, the vanguard also has more than 160 artillery pieces and a large amount of ammunition, which can temporarily make up for this shortcoming.

The key is that the U.S. infantry's weapons are backward and their impact is insufficient. Once they are entangled by the Eastern army and start a tug-of-war, it will be over.

With their whereabouts exposed, the northern Datang Kingdom's army can quickly move south along the railway. There are more and more enemies. In the end, General Sherman's troops will face the terrible prospect of annihilation.

General Sherman's words added a dignified pressure to the simple wooden house. Several American generals drank coffee silently, their faces covered with a thick layer of worry.

"Your Excellency, General, can we gather all the Sharps rifles in the army and use them in the first array of assaults. The 800-yard range of the Sharps rifles is enough to fight against the king-style bolt-action rifles of the Easterners." Taman The major general answered abruptly.

His answer made everyone's eyes brighten, and they all turned their attention to Major General Taman, thinking that this was also a solution.

General Sherman pondered for a moment and asked, "How many Sharps rifles are there in the entire army?"

"I have calculated that there are about 4600 of them. All of them are used for the first array of assaults, which should be barely enough."

"But...the reloading steps of the Sharps rifle are cumbersome, and the rate of fire is quite slow. This is a fatal flaw!"

"This can only be improved with intensive training. We can put all the Sharps riflemen together for intensive training, which can somewhat make up for the shortcoming of the slow rate of fire. Supplemented by concentrated artillery fire attacks, it should be able to tear apart one in the enemy camp. Big gap."

"This is indeed a feasible strategy. Please ask Major General Taman to take charge of it and call it up quickly..." General Sherman hadn't finished speaking when he heard a sudden sound of horseshoes outside the wooden house, and everyone's expressions changed. , stood up one after another.

The messenger soldier who came on the horse turned over without waiting for the horse to stop, and rushed all the way. He brought a bad news that made everyone fall into an ice cellar;

A large number of Eastern cavalry were found on the outskirts of the forest swamp area, and they were carefully inspecting the forest entrance. The secrets of the US military camp may have been revealed...

"We can't stay in this place anymore. Immediately gather all the troops to prepare to fight out, and the army will go south immediately."

General Sherman did not hesitate, and immediately issued an order loudly. The entire US camp immediately became agitated, and began busy pre-war preparations...

There is no way, the U.S. military has long planned for this worst-case scenario, and must leave this forest and swamp area where they hide as soon as possible, and the whole army goes south.

Otherwise, once you get stuck here.

Just relying on a shallow hilly entrance, Sherman's 11 troops really became a turtle in the urn, and they couldn't escape.

Revel City
"Good guy, I finally grabbed Sherman's tail. Where do I think he is going to run now?" Lieutenant General Harry Flech slammed his fist on the map excitedly, looking at Major General Fan Pengfei, his eyes revealed A look of appreciation, and then ordered loudly;

"Issue orders in the name of the Corps;

All the field troops of the Colorado Corps and the 3 divisions under General Hill, after receiving the order, immediately moved southward quickly, limiting the daily journey to no less than 45 kilometers, and must arrive at the designated theater within 4 days.

Separately organize a special train to transport the army, and the two routes will join forces. I will wipe out all the Yankees in this wilderness of Kansas, leaving no one behind. "

"Of order, sir." All the officers raised their hands in salute, and there was a suppressed excitement in the headquarters, and the urge to fight was almost bursting.

After the order was issued, the army stationed around Kansas City immediately moved into action. A large number of carriages and well-formed soldiers poured out of the barracks, singing and striding southward.

The roaring southbound train was loaded with densely packed soldiers, who were sitting on the carriages and hung by backpack straps beside the train carriages. There were even a large number of soldiers sitting on the coal trains. close.

And in the wilderness of the South
The two cavalry divisions of the Colorado Corps, which arrived first, and the Chang'an Light Cavalry Division of the Royal Guards, who quickly went north, were like three wolves, tearing and biting at the main force of the Sherman Corps breaking out, fighting constantly.

The Sherman Corps gathered in one place, destroying the railway along the way, and only sent a small number of troops to stop the cavalry. The army slowly moved southward with firm steps, and it was not far from the Southern Pursuing Corps of the Datang Kingdom.

At this time, the Southern Corps of the Datang Kingdom stopped and found a favorable terrain to arrange a defensive position. This is a flat field between two rivers, about 17 kilometers wide.

The Confederate Corps started soil work on this wilderness, and soon built three trench parapets, and laid barbed wire, and the old gods were waiting for the U.S. troops to hit them head-on.

Although the Southern Army was only about 50 kilometers away from the U.S. Army, under the attack of three cavalry divisions in turn, the U.S. Army moved southward every day at a pitifully slow pace. The longest day was 18 kilometers, and then they had to stop and build camps for defense. .

At this time, the leading troops of the Colorado Corps in the north have arrived, and a large number of troops are on their way. The divisions are moving very fast, and I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with this unprecedented battle.

The overall situation has been settled, and the remnants of Sherman are just dying, and in the end they will all end in complete collapse.

The Southerners hated this brutal army and vowed not to keep a single prisoner. In this case, after the war was won, all the prisoners would be handed over to the Southerners.

The army of the Tang Kingdom is not willing to bear the notoriety of killing prisoners. Who hasn't had the time to "recite"?But it can't be done.

(End of this chapter)